Seven Ages of Woman

A musical alert for tomorrow, February 27:

Seven Ages of Woman - International Women's Day
14:00 Thu 27 Feb 2020 St Peter's Eaton Square, London
The concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 1pm on International Women’s Day, Sunday 8 March.
In Radio 3’s latest commission, each of the seven composers gives their individual take on where they are in their lives - right now as a woman in 2020 - and the resulting piece of music as a whole will take listeners on a journey through time of mind, body and soul. During the concert the composers will discuss their inspiration and the creative process for this project with presenter Fiona Talkington. Grace Rossiter conducts the BBC Singers.

Programme:
Judith Bingham- Gleams of a remoter world
Joanna Gill- Unfailing love
Abbie Betinis- God of Owls
Kerensa Briggs- Media Vita
Seven Ages of Woman
Helena Paish- Life
Electra Perivolaris- Eternal Waking
Samantha Fernando- Have It All
Emily Hall - Veins
Deirdre Gribbin - Grieving Elephants
Cecilia McDowall - Photo 51
Rhian Samuel - The Shape of Trees

According to Rhinegold:

The choice of texts represents the composers’ own decades, spanning from 1944 to 2002, taking in the poetry of Christina Rossetti and Charlotte Brontë, to that written by commissioned composer Deirdre Gribbin’s son, who has Down’s syndrome. Each composer represents her own decade, from Helena Paish in her teenage years, to Rhian Samuel, who has written the final movement. (Harriet Clifford)

Therefore, we think that Helena Paish's Life is probably a musical adaptation of the eponymous Charlotte Brontë's poem.

EDIT: And indeed it is:

Text: Life by Charlotte Bronte – it's all about how sad times often lead to good times in life and that we should enjoy every moment.